Question, I have a 93 Integra LS. This morning it acted like it didnt want to go when I accelerated. It stuttered and did not wnat to go when i press the gas. After a while it was still doing it. I let off the gas to slow down and the engine sputtered and hesitated. I look in my rear window and there was a big cloud of smoke. The smoke was white. I pulled into the parking lot and turned it off. I went back in a few minutes and it started up fine and i reved with the throttle cable and it didnt sputter or anything..any solutions as to what this may have been??

 

ok my fiance drove it home. below is a pic i took with my phone b4 he left. there was no milky oil on the dipstick. however that came from around the top of the radiator...also it did it the whole way home except in 1st gear and it shut off twice.

 

Did the engine overheat recently? Possibly a blown headgasket. A compression test will tell you if the headgasket is done.

 

check your oil and antyfreeze level to see if your mixing fluits it could be head gasket , time for compresion tets.

 

nope no overheating at all..we are goign to do a compression test 1st thing in the morning..will take my laptop as soon as the test is done and post results

 

If your getting oil in the coolant... thats bad sign time for a head gasket, just amke sure and do it soon, otha wise you'll warp the head and it will be way more expensive.

 

yea this just started up today so for now the car is parked. tomorrow we are going to start off by doing a compression test then go from there and also do a tune up b/c its time for an oil change, plugs and wires as well

 

one other think i probably should have mentioned, its been raining some yesterday, poured all night and been raining pretty steady today. it didnt do it yesterday but then again it wasnt raining as hard either..

is it possible that it may have been sucking some water up? it has a cai not a short ram..but still theres that oil on the radiator hole not to mention it did smoke

 

That could be possible, but still do the compression test. That'll tell you for sure.

 

I had a simular problem.. i did the fuel filter, plugs wires, cap and rotor.. and same .. then i changed out the pcv valve (located on intake manifold) and it fixed it for me..



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Also check the ECU.. the gen two always has a leak in the passanger side floor. Ive also bucked an ecu before due to staying water

 

I wont have time tonight to work on it but we will check it all tomorrow..keep the suggestions coming, i WILL have internet connection in the garage als othat PCV valve, is that something that can be found at say autozone , etc or is that a factory part only?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 00CivicGirl &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I wont have time tonight to work on it but we will check it all tomorrow..keep the suggestions coming, i WILL have internet connection in the garage als othat PCV valve, is that something that can be found at say autozone , etc or is that a factory part only?</TD></TR></TABLE> yes it is available at any local parts store. Advanced is cheapest for it by me for like 2.69

 

i put some of that no-smoke junk in my car.. and it died for like a year.. dont do it.. let the car have a smoke every once in a while

 

^^ makes mental note of that


its pouring rain still so i think we are waiting utnil tomorrow to do the compression test b/c if it did just suck up a lil water we dont want to risk it driving it to my dads garage

 

well i think it was tryin to suck up water in the rain..it dried up late saturday and most of sunday. Ran the car, ran well..went ahead and changed the spark plugs, wires, and oil